BTS Releases First English-Language Song "Waste It On Me"

It's a summery bop.

Considering just how wildly packed BTS's schedule has been this year — thanks to big events like appearing at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, going on an international tour, visiting the United Nations — we're not sure when BTS had time to record their first all-English language song with Steve Aoki this year. But we are so glad they did.

On Oct. 25, the BTS x Steve Aoki collaboration "Waste It On Me" was released, and the BTS ARMY is already obsessed. The song, performed primarily by BTS members Jungkook and RM, marks a major milestone for BTS. Although the boys are no strangers to singing in English for parts of their songs (and Japanese, for that matter), "Waste It On Me" is the first time we've heard those English singing skills really put on display.

In a statement released to accompany the premiere of "Waste It On Me", BTS commented, "It's our first song entirely in English. It was refreshing and fun to record the song. We hope this would be a good present for our fans."

The hit itself is a huge song of summer-esque bop, with lines like "I wanna be your summer/I wanna be your wave/Treat me like a comma/And I'll take you to a new phrase." Winter, what winter?

It may take a second or two to get used to hearing Jungkook sing in English but trust us, you get used to it quickly. It's even easier to fall in love with this song with Jungkook singing lines like, "But we both found each other tonight/So if love is nothing more than just a waste of your time/Waste it on me." As one fan put it, "Jungkook can sing in any language, in any genre, about anything. His voice is literally so perfect in #WasteItOnMe :persevere: like hot d*mn boy if you come at me in the club with that honey liquid voice I’ll waste anything on you? You want my credit card? My social security? I’ll do it."

Following the release of both the single and the lyric video (as seen on Ultra Music's YouTube channel), the BTS ARMY wasted no time hopping onto Twitter to shower praise on the single. Of course, there was plenty of joy over the track, including one delighted fan who wrote, "Stream for clear skin, good grades and 7 years of good luck."